Arts and crafts fair will benefit school.Byline: The Register-GuardThe McKenzie Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. , a two-day event benefitting the local school arts program, will be held next Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12-13, between Blue River and McKenzie Bridge. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days and is spread out through various locations along a 10-mile stretch of the McKenzie River For rivers name "Mackenzie", see . The McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River, 86 miles (138 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. , from McKenzie School in Blue River to the McKenzie River Ranger Station, just past mile post 52. Twenty percent of all art sales and donations to the festival will go to McKenzie School, which lost its arts funding this year. Here are some of the highlights: McKenzie School, 51187 Blue River Drive, Blue River, will have an art market where students, artists and hobbyists can show and sell their work. The school will also offer hands-on projects for visitors. Holiday Farm Resort, near mile post 45, will sell traditional quilts and contemporary wall hangings. Tokatee Golf Club, near mile post 47, will hold a professional crafts market with metal sculpture, fused glass Fused glass is a term used to describe glass that has been fired (heat-processed) in a kiln at a range of high temperatures from 593º C (1100ºF) to 816º C (1500ºF). There 3 main distinctions for temperature application and the resulting effect on the glass. , stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it. , jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , clothing, candles and other items. McKenzie General Store in McKenzie Bridge will have a salon of paintings and sculpture by various artists. On Saturday evening, the store will offer music and wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos . McKenzie Gas Station, across from the store, will show historic and contemporary photography, heirloom memorabilia and log furniture. Log Cabin log cabin or log house, style of home typical of the American pioneer on the Western frontier of the United States in the great westward expansion after 1765. It was constructed with few tools, usually an axe or an adz and an auger. Inn in McKenzie Bridge will show heritage quilts, hand-crafted knives, historic fishing gear and McKenzie River drift boats. The inn will also offer demonstrations of spinning, weaving, flint knapping and basket making. McKenzie River Ranger Station, two miles east of McKenzie Bridge, will show "Arrival and Departure," a collaborative art project created this summer by students and local artists. Music will be played at many locations. Full guides to the festival are available at the Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County, 115 W. Eighth Ave.; at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, 101 S. A St., Springfield; at any Umpqua Bank branch; and at all festival venues. |
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